Tuesday, July 18, 2006

"On July 18, 2006, Snow both officially confirmed his retirement and was named the new General Manager of the Islanders [1], hours after the firing of now former General Manager Neil Smith. ... Snow holds no experience as a general manager, aside from the four minutes he has been the Islanders' position."

As a friend of mine just emailed me, "I love how Snow's first move as GM was to give himself an extra 750K in cap space the next two years by retiring himself off the roster. He's already better than Milbury."

Which raises an interesting question: Given that Snow is over 35 years old, does his salary in fact count against the cap (a la Vladimir Malakhov with the Devils) now that he has retired?

Perhaps Snow's move into the GM's seat actually hinders the Isles' wiggle room right off the bat.

His salary is minimal and even if it counts won't really affect their cap issue when it can be spread out over 4 years.Amusing when we talk about a 'measly' 700,000 of cap space when their underachieving captain is making 7,000,000, and will for another 5 years!!!

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A sportswriter at The Globe and Mail, James covers the NHL and the game of hockey. He is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association, a radio and TV analyst with TSN and was the NHL network manager at SB Nation from 2008 to 2010. A graduate of Thompson Rivers and Ryerson universities, James grew up in Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities — and was a season ticket holder in the Blazers' glory years.

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